While home alone, do you turn all the lights on?
By kynni204
@kynni204 (2031)
United States
May 13, 2007 8:45pm CST
I am home alone in the dark typing on the laptop... I keep hearing things... I am about to get up and turn on every light in the house to the ON position including the night-lights...lol . I am also going to turn on the tv so I can't hear anymore noises....Are you a scardy cat???
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11 responses
@sjohnson628 (3197)
• United States
14 May 07
I don't get so scared being home alone (atnight) if I am alone while it is still light out. However if I have to walk into an empty house at night and know that I will be alone all night yes then I am a scaredy cat. I usually just keep the lights on in the room I am in though. and usually turn on the tv or music so I don't hear any noises. Then near my bed I have a sound machine on my nightstand that I put on when I am alone because I live way out in the woods and its very silent at night.
@sjohnson628 (3197)
• United States
16 May 07
Oh yes it could be at times especially when I am home alone in a thunder and lightening storm. My BF travels for work and sometimes he's gone all week long! I think the scariest part though is when I am outside during the day fully knowing that there are black bear here in my area. I love to go for walks in the woods but will only do it in the winter when the bears are hibernating. LOL. ('',)
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
14 May 07
Oh no, I actually embraced the silence whenever I'm home alone. This often happened when I brought my girls to spend the night on a friend's house. I used to live and stayed alone in another country for many years. I'm used to being alone. I kept my mind busy and turn on the music to some soft sound.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
14 May 07
i am not really good in the dark. i am not afraid, but growing up for some reason my mother never turned out the lights or turned off the tv. so when i do get a chance to be home alone enough, at all ever. so i don't know what i would do if i was home alone
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
14 May 07
Haha that sounds a bit like me! I get nervous when I'm home alone. I am sometimes fine with lights off, but depending on what I'm doing, I sometimes have to have them on. If something creepy comes on tv, then I definitely have to turn on all the lights! If I hear weird noises, I get freaked out too and have to turn on lights and the tv so that it won't scare me.
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
14 May 07
Yes, when I am home alone I have to have lights on in the house, so I can feel safe! I know that is silly but I hear noises and my dog is not a good guard dog, he will just go to the door or stand there or lay there, not worry about anything that is going on.
@MrsWickham1 (464)
• United States
14 May 07
I will not lie, I am scared of everything. I have gotten better though I only have a night light on in my room, by the sink. And since I was little my mom always had a light on in the livving room so I do the same thing now that I live with my hubby. When he is gone I do get scared.
@Stiffler07 (1356)
• United States
14 May 07
Ya need to get the clapper so you don't have to get up to do those things. Scardy Cat! ....LMAO:-)
@wifeofharvey (1156)
• United States
14 May 07
It bothered me for several years when my children were little----my hubby worked away from home a lot. I would sleep so poorly while he was gone, but when he was home on weekends I would just crash. It took him awhile to understand that it was because he was there and I felt 'safe' that I was able to sleep when he was home. As time went on, I did become more sure of myself and my ability to handle life's situations.
@angela2006 (1845)
• China
14 May 07
oh no,haha!
sometimes I just enjoy the quiet of alone.I can read some books or just sit beside the windows to see views outside;sometimes I will feel lonely then I can listen to some music.but I will not turn all lights on.
@gaby_girl (157)
• Canada
14 May 07
Yeah absolutey. Im even scared when im not alone sometimes. Ive had this huge fear or someone breaking in since I was really little. I actually had that fear come true last halloween, thank god that I wasn't home at the time, but someone came in and took a lot of my things. That didn't really help matters, and now im completely scared of being alone at night. I always leave a light on when im going to bed.